The News, Culture and Practice of Sailing woodenboats
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Timber S2H
A quick calculation shows that just over four percent of the fleet are of some sort of wooden construction.
2024 Sydney Hobart Classic Yacht Regatta Wrap
The Regatta courses took participants to Manly for the Friday, Saturday and Sunday races. Each day, with a lot of east in the breeze and big tides, decisions taken on which side of the harbour to work shaped the results and helped a lot of others decide what they will do next time.
The Halvorsen Story-Centenary Celebrations
The Halvorsen brothers Magnus and Trygve competed in most of the Sydney Hobart Races from 1946 to 1965 in their own designed and built boats, and won the event on handicap five times with Solveig, Anitra V and Freya.
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